Spent the weekend in Amsterdam. Despite the gloomy forecasts, the weather was wonderfully well-behaved. Not even the biting February cold can curb the joy of strolling by Amsterdam’s picturesque canals. Some pictures..More pictures of beautiful Amsterdam at Srijith’s gallery.
When I tell people that my mother tongue is Malayalam, first they look at me like I am playing a tongue-twister game and then a good % of them follow up with ” Oh, so that is an Indian dialect”. And I ever so patiently try to explain that Malayalam is not a “dialect”, it …
Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus.. Overheard: Wife : Do you think I am beautiful?Husband (his nose still in the newspaper): uhmm..what..yes, sure. W : Did you hear what I just said?H : ya, I did, do I want more coffee. W: No! I asked if I am beautiful!H (now in making …
Background: Rednova recently publised an article, ‘Can This Black Box See Into the Future’ about a new machine developed by the scientists at Princeton that can predict future events. It relies on two main things : random number generation and the power of the collective human conciousness to ‘influence’ that random number generation. This is …
Is there really such a thing as a global citizen? Can you ever feel comfortable in several countries? Now, that I think is possible. The more relevant question is, as human beings, do we need to know that we belong to one country? Or can we be happily promiscuous about our nationalistic identities?
UN has declared 2005 as the World Year of Physics as “a worldwide celebration of physics and its importance in our everyday lives”. Why 2005? Because its been 100 years since Einstein published his three important papers in one single year. Whatever be the reason, I am glad. I have always loved Physics – it …
There are few things more beautiful than snow on a Sunday morning. Here are some pictures from my window:
You need a good palette to savour the different flavours.
Today I did the unthinkable..I let two of my friends know abt my blog and sent them the link..Well, its unthinkable coz now I am nervous..this was gonna be my cosy corner where I wrote whatever i wanted, no holes barred..But I found out thats not possible..i have identified myself here anyways. And letting people …
‘The Awful German Language’ by Mark Twain is a must-read for anyone who knows anything about this language! It is hilarious! And I am just at that learning-German-phase where I can absolutely empathize with whats written there. Its a bit of a long read, so for the not-so-interested, try these excerpts: 1) Every noun has …